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University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2003
Contact: Jean Wasp, Media Relations, (707) 664-2057
Mack Schwing Named New Director of Wine Business Program
Mack Schwing of Santa Rosa is the new director of the Wine Business Program in the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University. He joins the University after retiring from a thirty-year career as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche. He replaces David Hehman who left the position earlier in the year.
Schwing has consulted and worked with many not-for-profit organizations over his career on issues of strategy, budgets, systems, international marketing, customer relationships and management process.
Most recently Schwing was a senior partner and global director of Programs and Initiatives at Deloitte Consulting in New York City. During his career with Deloitte & Touche, he worked and lived in Tokyo, where he was chairman of the wine committee at the Tokyo American Club and active in the Japanese wine import market. He holds an M.B.A. in Production Management and a B.S. in Mathematics from Michigan State University.
As an offshoot of his passion for wine, he has visited and tasted in the major wine regions of France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
T.K. Clarke, Acting Dean of the School of Business and Economics welcomes Schwing to the program and says, "We believe that his business experience and relationships throughout the world will bring a new global perspective to our Wine Business Program. "
Schwing and his wife, Joan, have lived in Santa Rosa since 1990 and have been active in the local food and wine community. He is a member of the Building Committee for the Sonoma County Food and Wine Center and a member of the Sonoma County Wine Library Association. Both have served as volunteers at many local food and wine events.
The Wine Business Program offers a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Wine Business Strategies. The Program also offers Professional Development Courses for Wine Industry Professionals in areas of Wine Marketing, Government Regulations, Finance and Accounting, and other topics of current interest.
For further information, contact Mack Schwing at (707) 664-2260.
NOTE: A high-resolution digital photo of Mack Schwing is available upon request.